The Recording Industry Association of America announced Tuesday that it will be taking legal action against anyone discovered telling friends, acquaintances, or associates about new songs, artists, or albums. "We are merely exercising our right to defend our intellectual properties from unauthorized peer-to-peer notification of the existence of copyrighted material."

Morcheeba has always been one of the "safer" downtempo artists, allowing artists like Portishead and Massive Attack to pave the way in the genre. Nevertheless, they do have some cool songs, including the 70s Bond music-infused "Everybody Loves a Loser", which is off their new, more guitar-driven album, The Antidote. The video, however, will make you dizzy.

The Game - Say Goodbye feat. Paul Wall New one from The Game ripped from the radio (DJ Skee's 'Westside Hype' show). It features Paul Wall and is produced by Dr. Dre. Sorry, wish I had a better version. Wait till December. [via]

Can't believe he did this! 15 years of dreads gone. Imagine all the wankstas that have fallen by the wayside in that time. Hopefully, he's still as crazy and innovative on Interscope as he's always been.

Jenny Lewis, of Rilo Kiley fame of course, looks especially cute in that pic above. Her new country/alt-country album with the Watson Twins, "Rabbit Fur Coat", has leaked. It's a soft, straightforward, and fairly restrained album with a few gems including the title track and the following song. Can't wait for Rilo Kiley's album next year.

Starts with an obligatory Scarface soundbyte. The title is apparently inspired by one of the Chef's favorite movies. This is produced by the RZA and comes from Raekwon's forthcoming album, Only Built For Cuban Linx 2. Hope it hits as hard as part 1.

I previously posted some old Deerhoof favorites that could be found at the Puzzling Music Archive. Here's a track from their 2005 album 'The Runner Four', entitled Wrong Time Capsule. It's hard to describe; it sounds like Nirvana's Drain You put in a blender and re-interpreted by Goo era Sonic Youth. Ok, that probably means nothing to you. Just listen to it.

I suppose I'm late with this sad news of his passing. How influential and respected was he? From the official site:

Link Wray is known for being the first musician to experiment with the sounds that pioneered rock and roll and punk styles. Link virtually invented fuzz tone by deliberately punching holes in his amplifier speakers. He was also a true pioneer of the use of distortion on instrumental rock recordings....Link was a musician’s musician:Elvis Presley invited him home in the 50s.Bowie, Dylan, Van Zandt and Springsteen attended Link's concerts since their early youth.John Lennon carried Link's music on his travel jukebox.Jerry Garcia played on Link's record in the 70s.Pete Townsend wrote liner notes.

Hard to find an online date? And then a message arrives! Well, the potential date prospect behind that message may actually be an employee of Match.com!

Match.com, a unit of IAC/Interactive Corp., is accused in a federal lawsuit of goading members into renewing their subscriptions through bogus romantic e-mails sent out by company employees. In some instances, the suit contends, people on the Match payroll even went on sham dates with subscribers as a marketing ploy.

Can't believe I'm 26 today. I wonder at what point birthdays are supposed to fill us with more dread than joy. I can't help but think that 21 was the zenith in the inverted parabola of birthday enjoyment and that it's all downhill from here.

Trailer for Darren Aronofsky's mysterious new film, The Fountain.Trivia: Brad Pitt initially cast in lead role, left to do Troy (hahaha).Trivia 2: Hugh Jackman had to shave off all of the hair on his head and chest for scenes in the last third of the movie.

And this one's been out since the beginning of November, but it's worth a look if you haven't seen it: King Kong trailer. Despite my initial fears, it doesn't look like Peter Jackson will disappoint.